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Renaissance Woman.(Parmigianino's Antea: A Beautiful Artifice exhibit)(Brief article)

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| February 01, 2008 | Bahrenburg, Genevieve | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: GENEVIEVE BAHRENBURG editor: Valerie Steiker

This month one of the most important portraits of the Italian Renaissance goes on view in the United States, for the first time in more than 20 years, at the Frick Collection in "Parmigianino's Antea: A Beautiful Artifice." Art historians have puzzled over the true identity of the sitter, who has been variously described as a Roman courtesan, the artist's mistress, a northern Italian noblewoman, and a fictive Renaissance ideal. Antea's distinctive Mannerist features and sparkling almond eyes also evoke the ...

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